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Autoreactive marginal zone B cells are spontaneously activated but lymph node B cells require T cell help.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 7 Aug 2006
Mandik-Nayak Laura, Racz Jennifer, Sleckman Barry P, Allen Paul M
Abstract excerpt
In K/BxN mice, arthritis is induced by autoantibodies against glucose-6-phosphate-isomerase (GPI). To investigate B cell tolerance to GPI in nonautoimmune mice, we increased the GPI-reactive B cell frequency using a low affinity anti-GPI H chain transgene. Surprisingly, anti-GPI B cells were not tolerant to this ubiquitously expressed and circulating autoantigen. Instead, they were found in two functionally...
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